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Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg | Mining

Cora Bailey has been encountering illegal miners ever since she first started treating injured animals in the townships around Roodepoort, west of Johannesburg, in...

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr | Egypt

Lina Attalah, a prominent Egyptian journalist and the editor-in-chief of the news outlet Mada Masr, has been released from detention by Egypt’s authorities and...

Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official | Global development

The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials.As...

Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say | Africa

Central Africa’s Ebola outbreak could spread to be similar in scale to the worst outbreak in history, west Africa’s 2014-2016 outbreak that killed more...

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous | Human rights

An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent...

Experts criticise plan for American-only Ebola quarantine centre in Kenya | Ebola

Former top US officials and other experts are urging the Trump administration to abandon plans for an Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Kenya,...

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response | Global development

Rebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left...

DRC Ebola outbreak could have begun as early as January, WHO chief says | Global development

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could have begun as early as January, the head of the World Health Organization...

‘We don’t have another country to run to’: Kenyans fear US plan for Ebola quarantine site | Ebola

People from a town in central Kenya where the US wants to set up an Ebola quarantine facility for its citizens have strongly criticised...

People ‘panicking’ as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity | Global development

Ghana’s LGBTQ community is living in fear after the country’s parliament approved a sweeping bill that criminalises the promotion of LGBTQ+ activities and identifying...

Wildfires devastating richer areas but fewer hectares burned globally – study | Wildfires

“Devastating” wildfires ripped across the wealthier parts of the world in 2025, a study has found, even as globally, the area ravaged by flames...

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